<p>I am looking for a college where studying is important, yet does not occur 24/7. I am okay with a little stress, but if I'm studying/writing papers/hw/etc. that much I will become really stressed. So when I am looking through college books, and they say "students never stop studying" is that true? Like I guess it varies from college to college. But do books like Princeton Review accurately describe college studying? I studying/do hw for about 3-4 hours each night. Is college more than that? less than that? I know it depends on each school, but could some give me a ballpark, like swathmore kids study about X hours as compared to Muhlenberg kids who study X hours.....It seems like a lot of the top to some of the middle range LAC/universities all they do is study....like I want a good education, but I don't want to go crazy. I"m also not saying that I want to party when not studying....I just need a break. help plz? thx so much</p>
<p>When I first started in engineering I did school work for 6-8 hours per day. I would work some during the day in between classes and a lot between 6pm and 2am. This year and last year my workload has not been as great and I understand the material better. As a result, I don't need to work as much. This semester I find myself doing 4-5 hours of work per day. That will definitely increase soon because my design class is giving me some time-consuming projects.</p>
<p>I'm at MIT, which probably isn't a good comparison since we are a little extreme in the amount of work involved. I basically study 24/7, but I'm involved in numerous extracurricular activities and doing research 10 hours a week. The important thing is learning time management and being disciplined about it. Harvard, on the other hand, is comparitively a cake walk, and is infamous for grade inflation. I get the feeling that you can make your school work just about has hard as you want it wherever you go. You can definitely make time for breaks.</p>
<p>I'm an applied physics major at Purdue, and I find that I need to study about six to seven hours a day. Anything below 35-40 hours in a week would certainly cause me to fall behind. I think it really depends on your major; as was stated prior, you really can make your study load as hard or as easy (within certain limits) as you choose. Of course, if you area of interest is within the pure sciences and you want a light work load, you're going to have problems.</p>
<p>God I feel so great. I thought I was the only one who studied 5+ hours a day. I am in CMU and I study from 2.30-9pm everyday. the rest of the time is for me to have fun</p>
<p>Plan on the good ole 2:1 ratio. 2 hours of study for every unit of class. So if you are taking 15 units, plan on 30 hours of homework a week...unless you are a slacker or a genius.</p>
<p>I have a 2-3:1 ratio. Works well for me, and I end up staying ahead of the days work. Then again, I'm only a soph., so I would pressume the coursework would greatly increase overtime.</p>
<p>(Biology major BTW)</p>
<p>aahh i'm so scared!</p>
<p>i have NO study skills or habits, and I'm afraid I won't do well when I get to college</p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>starryeyedgirl,</p>
<p>That is the great thing about being a fully capable human being..the ability to adapt and change. You can BECOME the type of student you need to be...will you?</p>
<p>can any of you mention how much you studied in high school along with your college times? would provide a better comparison/statistic i think...</p>
<p>and can u post what college ur are at now if you don't mind? As with the poster above said...it might help me judge thx</p>
<p>I noticed that people studying for considerably large amounts of hours/day are engineering or science majors. But how much do economics, math, or business majors study?</p>
<p>? ^ + social science majors?</p>
<p>edit: exilio, i want too!</p>
<p>I've noticed that people average about 4-5 hours a week of work per class at Brown. That's about what I do. My humanities classes have about 200 pages of reading a week each. My bio classes have less, but it is denser material. I'm a double concentrator in bio and history btw.</p>
<p>i barely study. proabably 2 hrs a day on avg, not indluding weekends. i up study time for midterms and finals. im just very smart.</p>
<p>I do probably 2 hours of work a day... more the week leading up to an exam.</p>
<p>ideally you would read before class, take notes in class, and read after class + study that days material... but I don't feel like doing that, lol.</p>